The file sharing site, features links which users can download from each other. It's ranked as the 12 most visited website in Sweden and 77th in the world, according to Alexa Internet.

The site currently has over 5.5 million registered users and has over 4 million torrent files.

The order follows the ruling back in February where the UK high court ruled The Pirate bay violated copyright regulations. Justice Arnold said that Pirate bay was responsible for illegal activity on the site.

"In my judgment, the operators of TPB do authorise its users' infringing acts of copying and communication to the public," said Arnold. "They go far beyond merely enabling or assisting. On any view, they sanction, approve, and countenance the infringements of copyright committed by its users. But in my view they also purport to grant users the right to do the acts complained of. It is no defence that they openly defy the rights of the copyright owners."

The Pirate Bay made sardonic remarks about Justice Arnold's February ruling on their blog.

"In my judgment, the courts of [United Kingdom of Censorship] do authorise its judges' acts of corruption and being technically uneducated. They go far beyond merely enabling and assisting," Pirate bay wrote. "I conclude that both judges' and the politicians of [United Kingdom of Censorship] infringe the rights of the people... in the world."

The British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) had originally asked The Pirate Bay to take down music on the site that violated its members' copyright in July 2011. Pirate Bay did not respond and BPI asked internet providers to block site. After the refusal of the internet service providers, BPI then went to court in December of 2011.

BT is also involved in the case and asked for more time to observe the original request by BPI. BPI has agreed to give BT more time.

BT was ordered by the same judge to block its users from accessing the site newzbin in 2011 after legal action was taken in the UK by Hollywood film studios.

According to ILO (International Law Office) the Pirate Bay case was very similar to the newzbin case.

"The judge considered that this case was indistinguishable from Newzbin and, if anything, was a stronger example of authorisation," said ILO.

"Following this ruling on preliminary infringement issues, the claimants are in a strong position to obtain the necessary blocking orders against the ISPs, as happened in Newzbin. The UK record industry has claimed a key victory in its ongoing battle with The Pirate Bay and the High Court's endorsement of the Newzbin decision will encourage rights holders to press ahead with further applications for website blocking orders."

Greg Mead, CEO of Musicmetric, says that copyright infringement causes the industry to lose over £1bn a year in sales.

"While illegal downloads can encourage fans to then buy merchandise or gig tickets, particularly in new or emerging markets, the loss of sales costs the industry more than £1bn a year in the UK and more than five times that in the USA," said Mead.

"At a time where global recession is piling pressure on arts spending, this is a massive burden on the entertainment industry. It remains to be seen if the DNS blocking methods used by the ISPs will be effective in reducing access to The Pirate Bay or other sites."